If you are one of the many people wondering how to lose weight and keep it off you're in for a treat today as we share with you the top five proven rules to lasting fat loss. As a fitness instructor I am asked about this subject every day, so you are certainly not alone in your position.
How many times have you heard people saying they cannot get rid of their belly no matter how hard they work in the gym or what they eat? What if we told you that the five simple rules to lasting weight loss are nowhere near as complex as you may think and, better still, they are all completely free to do.
By the end of today's article you should feel a lot more confident and a lot more equipped in your battle against the bulge.
We start by looking at your calorie intake. Are you eating too much? Are you eating too little? The latter is perhaps even worse, as you're possibly starving yourself of your favorite foods and still getting nothing to show for it. The trick is to find the balance between the two. How many friends have tried the latest celebrity diet only to pile the fat straight back on a month or two down the line? This is because they often cut their calorie intake so drastically or deprive their body of necessary nutrients (usually carbs).
All you need to do is figure out your goal weight in pounds and multiply it by twelve. That's it, you're done. This ball park figure is there to give you an idea how many calories per day to eat.
The real trick comes in getting your macronutrients (protein, carbs and fats) sorted out. This is where most people don't pay enough attention to their diet but, trust me, it's where the results are there for the taking. For instance, a guy eating a healthy 2000 calorie per day meal plan would get far superior results to a guy eating a unhealthy 2000 calorie per day meal plan, right? Of course he would.
A healthy way to split your macronutrients is 40% protein, 40% carbohydrate and 20% fat. This is known as the 4-4-2 system (a soccer formation, to make it easier to remember!). So this is how you would work out your daily intake of each:
For protein simply use your calculator to work out 40% of your daily calorie target and then divide the answer by four. That's how many grams of protein you need to eat per day.
For carbs do the exact same sum.
Fats - Work out 20% of your daily calorie target and divide the result by nine this time (that's how many calories are in one single gram of fat). This gives you an idea how many grams of fat to consume every day.
If you are able to hit your daily target of the three main macronutrients you will notice that you stop counting you calories altogether. That's because your macronutrients are far more important. This is why, as a fitness instructor, I can't help but frown when I see ladies reading the calorie count on every little piece of food they eat throughout the day.
Now that you have a solid diet plan in place you can begin implementing our other diet tips from today's video. We'd recommend adding one step at a time until you have all five tips working for you simultaneously, this allows you to take it step-by-step and keeps you from changing too much in one go.
Most people never figure out how to lose weight in their lifetime, some dieters have been doing the same things for a decade and seeing no results. By now, you should be feeling confident in yourself that you will finally be able to get some hard earned rewards for your efforts because you now know the science driven, researched backed answers on setting up a great weight loss plan - straight from a personal trainer!
How many times have you heard people saying they cannot get rid of their belly no matter how hard they work in the gym or what they eat? What if we told you that the five simple rules to lasting weight loss are nowhere near as complex as you may think and, better still, they are all completely free to do.
By the end of today's article you should feel a lot more confident and a lot more equipped in your battle against the bulge.
We start by looking at your calorie intake. Are you eating too much? Are you eating too little? The latter is perhaps even worse, as you're possibly starving yourself of your favorite foods and still getting nothing to show for it. The trick is to find the balance between the two. How many friends have tried the latest celebrity diet only to pile the fat straight back on a month or two down the line? This is because they often cut their calorie intake so drastically or deprive their body of necessary nutrients (usually carbs).
All you need to do is figure out your goal weight in pounds and multiply it by twelve. That's it, you're done. This ball park figure is there to give you an idea how many calories per day to eat.
The real trick comes in getting your macronutrients (protein, carbs and fats) sorted out. This is where most people don't pay enough attention to their diet but, trust me, it's where the results are there for the taking. For instance, a guy eating a healthy 2000 calorie per day meal plan would get far superior results to a guy eating a unhealthy 2000 calorie per day meal plan, right? Of course he would.
A healthy way to split your macronutrients is 40% protein, 40% carbohydrate and 20% fat. This is known as the 4-4-2 system (a soccer formation, to make it easier to remember!). So this is how you would work out your daily intake of each:
For protein simply use your calculator to work out 40% of your daily calorie target and then divide the answer by four. That's how many grams of protein you need to eat per day.
For carbs do the exact same sum.
Fats - Work out 20% of your daily calorie target and divide the result by nine this time (that's how many calories are in one single gram of fat). This gives you an idea how many grams of fat to consume every day.
If you are able to hit your daily target of the three main macronutrients you will notice that you stop counting you calories altogether. That's because your macronutrients are far more important. This is why, as a fitness instructor, I can't help but frown when I see ladies reading the calorie count on every little piece of food they eat throughout the day.
Now that you have a solid diet plan in place you can begin implementing our other diet tips from today's video. We'd recommend adding one step at a time until you have all five tips working for you simultaneously, this allows you to take it step-by-step and keeps you from changing too much in one go.
Most people never figure out how to lose weight in their lifetime, some dieters have been doing the same things for a decade and seeing no results. By now, you should be feeling confident in yourself that you will finally be able to get some hard earned rewards for your efforts because you now know the science driven, researched backed answers on setting up a great weight loss plan - straight from a personal trainer!
About the Author:
Writer: Russ Howe PTI is a fitness instructor who teaches others how to lose weight every day in the gym. Catch more free lessons from the UK's most subscribed Personal Trainer if you're trying to build a better body this year.
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